Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway

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Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway was a 17th-century English philosopher whose monist and vitalist metaphysics significantly influenced later thinkers, including the development of Leibniz’s philosophy.

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instanceOf English philosopher
Viscountess
early modern philosopher
metaphysician
noblewoman
philosopher
birthName Anne Finch
causeOfDeath chronic migraine-related illness
convertedTo Quakerism
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth 1631-12-14
dateOfDeath 1679-02-18
educatedBy Henry More
era 17th-century philosophy
familyName Conway
Finch
fieldOfWork metaphysics
philosophy of mind
givenName Anne
hasOccupation philosopher
writer
influenced Christian Wolff
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
later monadology
influencedBy Henry More
Kabbalistic thought
René Descartes
languageOfWorkOrName English
Latin
movement Cambridge Platonism
notableIdea created substance as living and spiritual
hierarchical monism of God, Christ, and creatures
rejection of Cartesian dualism
notableWork The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy
notedFor 17th-century monist and vitalist metaphysics
philosophicalSchool Platonism
monism
vitalism
placeOfBirth Kingdom of England
London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Kingdom of England
Ragley Hall
Warwickshire
religion Anglicanism
Quakerism
residence Ragley Hall
sexOrGender female
sibling Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham
spouse Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway
workPublishedIn Latin translation of her philosophical treatise in 1690

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